Blue-grey taildropper slug (Prophysaon coeruleum) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14
Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
We thank Robert Forsyth and Virgil Hawkes for providing information on their gastropod surveys in British Columbia and generously sharing unpublished data. Nancy Duncan kindly provided information on the status and distribution of the species in Washington State and shared unpublished data. Tom Wilke provided information on his work on genetic relationships, and accepted specimens from British Columbia for DNA analysis. Nancy Turner provided information on the cultural significance of slugs to Aboriginal Peoples. Kelly Sendall (Royal British Columbia Museum), Jean-Marc Gagnon (Canadian Museum of Nature), Maureen Zubowski (Royal Ontario Museum), Timothy Pearce (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), Jochen Gerber (Field Museum of Natural History), and Kevin Roe (Delaware Museum of Natural History) kindly searched their databases for specimen records. Kelly Sendall accepted specimens for the Royal British Columbia Museum collection. Funding provided by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada.